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Dev hacks Xiaomi's Smart Humidifier to free it from the cloud, now works with Home Assistant locally — custom firmware allows the product to evade planned obsolescence

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Tom's Hardware · 12/14/2025 07:36 EDT

If the one thing about smart home appliances that deterred you from ever investing in this connected future was how your data was always being routed through servers, you're in for a treat. A skilled developer has hacked his new Xiaomi Humidifier with ESPHome, making the device compatible with Home Assistant. Read more ›

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Experiment to train rats to play Doom reaches a new level; rats can now shoot enemies — wraparound AMOLED screen provides virtual environment for neuroengineers' expanded open source project

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 12/14/2025 07:20 EDT

The project, led by neuroengineer Viktor Tóth, has evolved into a second-generation setup that significantly expands what the rats can do inside the Doom engine. Read more ›

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Get a Creality 3D printer at an all-time low pricing until Christmas — up to $300 off K2 series with CFS bundle

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 12:35 EDT

Get your hands on one of Creality's K2 combo deals across the K2 lineup this Christmas season; the K2, K2 Pro, and K2 Plus combos are all on sale for up to $300 off. Read more ›

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Dell preps massive price hikes up to 30% citing memory pricing 'out of our control' — company reminds commercial customers that placing an order today for future delivery will not guarantee current prices

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 11:52 EDT

Dell's commercial sales department is set to announce a wave of price hikes affecting RAM, storage, GPU, and monitor upgrades to all corporate clients starting on December 17, according to leaked internal documents. Read more ›

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New app injects AMD's AI-driven FSR Redstone framegen into unsupported games — pre-alpha OptiScaler build demo shows nice improvements over legacy FSR frame gen

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 11:17 EDT

A Reddit user has demonstrated AMD’s new ML-powered FSR Redstone frame generation running in Monster Hunter Wilds, a game that was never designed to support it. Read more ›

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Industry preps 'cheap' HBM4 memory spec with narrow interface, but it isn't a GDDR killer — JEDEC's new SPHBM4 spec weds HBM4 performance and lower costs to enable higher capacity

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 11:10 EDT

JEDEC is nearing completion of SPHBM4, a standard that enables full HBM4 bandwidth over a 512-bit interface using a 4:1 serialization, reusing standard HBM DRAM dies and a base die. The tech promises to enable a 2.5D integration on organic substrates to support up to 64 GB per stack and more stacks than HBM4 and HBM4E. Read more ›

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Snag $760 worth of hardware for $469, including 32GB of DDR5 memory worth $407, in this stellar bundle deal — 32GB of DDR5 memory, Intel Z890 motherboard, and 280mm liquid cooler included

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 10:17 EDT

This RAM-inspired bundle deal from Newegg includes a 32GB DDR5 kit from Corsair, an Intel Z890 motherboard, and a 280mm AIO cooler. Read more ›

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Nvidia details new software that enables location tracking for AI GPUs — opt-in remote data center GPU fleet management includes power usage and thermal monitoring

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 08:30 EDT

Nvidia's GPU fleet management software can track spikes in power usage, monitor utilization, detect hotspots, spot anomalies, identify software errors, and detect the physical location of processors. However, the software is completely optional for its clients. Read more ›

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$40 billion-plus crypto fraud scheme results in 15-year prison sentence for its creator — nine criminal counts include wire fraud and money laundering

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 08:20 EDT

Terra Project's crypto mogul Do Kwon jailed for 15 years Read more ›

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Creality Falcon2 Pro 60 Watt Laser Engraver review: Deep cuts and fine engravings

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 08:00 EDT

The Creality Falcon2 Pro 60W is a fully enclosed diode laser engraver with multiple safety features, intuitive first-party software, and a pull-out tray for easy clean-up that can be purchased on sale for $1,899 for the Single Unit package. With the included 1.6W laser module, the Falcon2 Pro is capable of cutting through thick material as easily as it can produce detailed engravings. Read more ›

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Germany summons Russian ambassador over GRU-linked cyberattacks — air traffic control and elections systems targeted

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 08:00 EDT

Germany has formally summoned Russia’s ambassador in Berlin after publicly attributing a series of cyber and influence operations to Moscow’s GRU military intelligence agency. Read more ›

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Bitcoin creator Satoshi disappeared on this day 15 years ago, leaving a final public message — 'I've moved on to other things,' true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto entity remains unknown

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 07:20 EDT

The presumed pseudonymous Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, disappeared without a trace on this day in 2010. Read more ›

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AMD, Intel, and TI are ‘merchants of death’ says lawyer representing Ukrainian civilians — five new suits complain that Russian drones and missiles continue to use high-tech components from these brands

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 12/13/2025 07:00 EDT

Five lawsuits were filed in Texas this week, putting some of the biggest names in PC tech under an uncomfortable spotlight, as their components are still being found in Russian weaponry. Read more ›

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Nvidia weighs expanding H200 production as new China orders rush in, report claims — ByteDance and Alibaba listed as suitors for 'large orders' in the wake of sanctions lift

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Tom's Hardware · 12/12/2025 13:01 EDT

Nvidia is evaluating whether to increase production of its H200 data center GPUs after demand from Chinese customers is expected to exceed current supply. Read more ›

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Oracle reportedly delays several new OpenAI data centers because of shortages — tight material and labor supply frustrate expansion plans, possibly by a year or more

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Tom's Hardware · 12/12/2025 12:50 EDT

Oracle reportedly delays some of the data centers for OpenAI from 2027 to 2028, citing labor and materials shortages. Read more ›

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Jump on $740 worth of hardware, including $410 worth of DDR5 RAM, in this $480 Newegg AM5 bundle — 32GB offering also includes an X870E motherboard and even a free 240mm AIO cooler

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Tom's Hardware · 12/12/2025 12:29 EDT

Save money on RAM with this Newegg combo deal that pairs 32GB of DDR5 RAM with an X870E motherboard, and free 240mm AIO cooler for just $480 Read more ›

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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 9 290K Plus spotted at Indian retailer — listings appear to corroborate prior leaks but don't reveal pricing or new info for upcoming Arrow Lake refresh

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Tom's Hardware · 12/12/2025 12:25 EDT

We've gotten our first retail appearance of the Arrow Lake refresh family, listed at an Indian retailer but with barely any information. The specs mentioned seem regurgitated from existing media coverage and leaks, and there's no price, but at least the vendor is promising a 3-year warranty. Read more ›

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Huawei's latest mobile is armed with China's most advanced process node to date despite using blacklisted chipmaker — Huawei Kirin 9030 mobile SoC made on SMIC N+3 process, but can't compete with 5nm node

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Tom's Hardware · 12/12/2025 11:24 EDT

TechInsights says Huawei's Kirin 9030 is built on SMIC’s N+3 process: an incremental, DUV-based extension of its 7nm-class technology that pushes density without EUV but falls well short of true 5nm nodes amid rising yield challenges. Read more ›

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This ginormous 28TB Seagate hard drive offers unbeatable value storage for just under £15 per TB — pre-order this shuckable external HDD for only £419.99 at Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 12/12/2025 11:07 EDT

Seagate's 28TB Expansion HDD gives you a huge amount of backup storage for just under £15 per TB. Read more ›

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Framework raises DDR5 RAM upgrade prices by 50% amid DRAM shortage — only for Laptop DIY edition, says prices will likely rise again

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Tom's Hardware · 12/12/2025 10:57 EDT

Framework, the computer manufacturer, has recently raised the price of the DDR5 memory options available for the Framework Laptop DIY Edition by 50%. Read more ›

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